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The clever and analytical Bongopete shares his views on three big-budget science fiction movies — one that I hate, one that I like, and one that I love.

See how Bongopete feels about these movies and which ones he disagrees with me on.
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Ok, we can debate.

I am not saying that I love it or anything, matter of fact there are several things I really don't like . . . but I did like the movie.

It seeps the usual Spielberg treacle whenever family life or children are up on screen, but is often almost poetic in places. One of the few movies I have seen in which Robin Williams plays some part where I actually felt he fitted in (not that that is saying much mind you).
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2012 by Roland Emmerich (2009)

Could possibly have one of the highest onscreen (counting little teeny weeny CGI people) body counts of all times!!!!

Another one of Emmerichs comedy with disaster flicks.
Not a bad waste of time mind you, actually rather fun. Great effects. Makes a great lead in to a what happens next story.

Logic is....well...forget logic.
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Avatar (2009)

To paraphrase Steve, I thought that Avatar was the 1st (mostly) live action movie that I ever watched in 3D where the 3D seemed to actually work really well.

Without 3d, the movie is literally flat flat flat.

Nothing really is new in this "bad technological humans ravage noble redskins" movie.

The starship and it's shuttles are cool, as are any of the human tech . . . but the Indians are well . . .there is a scene in which I literally expected the Navi to break into a rendition of kumbaya.

Logically I think the only thing that would have come out of this story is that the RDA would return and either nuke areas of the planet or hit it with chemical weapons from orbit. If the resources there are THAT valuable, the RDA wouldn't simply abandon it.

There are some rather large logic holes in the film as well.

Also, Sam Worthington as an avatar always looked like Brendan Fraser to me!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)